Neil H. Buchanan

Neil H. Buchanan, B.A. (Vassar College) 1981, A.M. in Economics (Harvard) 1991, Ph.D. in Economics (Harvard) 1997, J.D. (University of Michigan) 2002, Ph.D. in Laws (Monash) 2017, is an economist and legal scholar who is visiting U of T from the Graduate Tax Program at the University of Florida, where he is Professor of Law, the James J. Freeland Eminent Chair in Taxation, and the Director of Global Scholarly Initiatives.  He has taught at Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan, New York University, the George Washington University, and other universities and colleges, serving on both economics and law faculties.  He is an internationally recognized scholar who speaks frequently at universities around the world and has published widely in both academic journals and major newspapers and magazines.  His core areas of research are tax policy, intergenerational justice, critical perspectives on economics as applied to law, the US debt ceiling, and retirement security. Contact: nh.buchanan@utoronto.ca